All About Saffron

The Saffron Story

The cultivation of saffron (Crocus Sativus) is peculiar and the legend about its introduction into Kashmir shows at any rate that it is an...

Saffron Procurement

Saffron (Kesar) crop gets harvested in the month of October-November of every calendar year we get three to five flowers from the bulb...

Product Profile

Saffron is a spice derived from the flower of Crocus sativus, commonly known as the "saffron crocus". The vivid crimson stigmata and styles...

Processing of Varities

Conversion of lachcha (stigma with style) in to red stigma (mongra) is again being handled by the skilled labour to obtain exclusively...

Chemical Analysis

Saffron contains more than 150 volatile and aroma-yielding compounds. It also has many nonvolatile active components, many...

Quality Control

There are much to do in Saffron Quality Control due to traditional farming system in Kashmir and this fact that each acre yields about 4 kilos...